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Garmin Center software for Tiger released

updated 02:15 pm EST, Fri December 29, 2006

by MacNN Staff

Garmin Center for Tiger

Garmin International today announced its Garmin Center software for Mac OS X 10.4, which will enable owners of modern Macs to use Garmin's Forerunner and Edge series fitness products. "This is a great day for Garmin and Mac customers because it is the first time a major GPS manufacturer has offered direct Mac support," said Dan Bartel, Garmin's vice president of global sales. "With this new Mac compatible software, Mac owners will have our popular training tools at their fingertips." Garmin Center enables users to download information directly from their Forerunner or Edge device, allowing users to create as well as analyze and store data from fitness activities directly on a Mac. The software offers tools to record pace, speed, heart rate, and elevation based on time and distance. The application also enables users to categorize information based on the type of activity, such as walking or running. Garmin has also announced that it will hand out free copies of Garmin Training Center software at Macworld in San Francisco. The software will also be available for free in late January, according to Garmin. Update:: A free Training Center software CD will be available at Macworld Expo in a few weeks and the software will be available for free download in late January. [updated]

while i can't find the download on the website yet, they are just barely meeting the "by the end of the year" promise they made at the start of the year. lets hope it works, otherwise i'm returning the forerunner 205 that i bought earlier this month...

I doubt that there will be much improvement from their windows version. There are already cool and working tools for OS X: http://www.trailrunnerx.com/
Transferring your tracks from your Garmin and other devices, does this little helper:
http://www.cluetrust.com/LoadMyTracks.html
Keep on running!

pitchcox, considering they released a press release a year ago (http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/corporate/011006.html) promising to have this software by "spring 2006," and went on to say "By the end of 2006, Garmin intends to have made all its popular hardware and software applications Mac OS X compatible," I would say the Mac community has every right to be upset. They're almost a year behind schedule with this release. And while they can try to make things look all rosy by making it sound like they're doing us a favor, those of us who actually own Garmin products and have been waiting for these updates for a year now know better. Garmin knows that the Mac community, especially publications like MacWorld, will shower them with accolades and free press for being the first GPS manufacturer to support OS X, despite the fact that they've shown almost zero interest in Mac users over the years and continue to do so to this day.

just got my hands on Garmin Training Center v.2.0.0 for Mac OS X. What is this? Are they kidding? The same c*** as teh Windows version, with some Aqua on top. The thing that's pretty akward is, that it seems that the OmniGroup (Graffle, Outliner, Omniweb) has done the job. Looking for an alterative?
www.trailrunnerx.com

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